A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... inhabitants called ABASCIANS , or ABKHAS , have the name of Christians , but nothing else . The men are robust and strong , and the women beautiful ; but they are so poor , thievish , and treacherous , that there is no trading with them ...
... inhabitants called ABASCIANS , or ABKHAS , have the name of Christians , but nothing else . The men are robust and strong , and the women beautiful ; but they are so poor , thievish , and treacherous , that there is no trading with them ...
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... inhabitants captive . It was afterwards rebuilt , and became the capital of Abilene in Syria . ABELIANS , or ABELINS , in church history , a sect of heretics mentioned by St. Austin , who pretended to regulate marriage after the example ...
... inhabitants captive . It was afterwards rebuilt , and became the capital of Abilene in Syria . ABELIANS , or ABELINS , in church history , a sect of heretics mentioned by St. Austin , who pretended to regulate marriage after the example ...
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... inhabitants are called by some writers , a soft and effeminate peo- ple , much given to detraction ; hence the proverb , Ne temere Abydum ; but when Philip , the father of Perseus , besieged the place , they nobly devoted themselves to ...
... inhabitants are called by some writers , a soft and effeminate peo- ple , much given to detraction ; hence the proverb , Ne temere Abydum ; but when Philip , the father of Perseus , besieged the place , they nobly devoted themselves to ...
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... inhabitants . It is also memora- ble for the monastery of Demba Libanos , where the saint Tecla Haimanout was bred , the famous founder of the power of the clergy . The Macrobii of the ancients , according to Bruce , the present Kuara ...
... inhabitants . It is also memora- ble for the monastery of Demba Libanos , where the saint Tecla Haimanout was bred , the famous founder of the power of the clergy . The Macrobii of the ancients , according to Bruce , the present Kuara ...
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... inhabitants , except at the annual fair on the arrival of the Manilla galleon . Ships arrive at the port by two inlets , separated from each other by a small island , the entrance into them in the day time is by means of a sea - breeze ...
... inhabitants , except at the annual fair on the arrival of the Manilla galleon . Ships arrive at the port by two inlets , separated from each other by a small island , the entrance into them in the day time is by means of a sea - breeze ...
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